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West Bengal government to pay 2 lakh compensation to Delhi fire victims

PTI | | Posted by Shobhit Gupta
Apr 02, 2023 05:00 AM IST

3 people died when the fire broke out in a house where they lived as tenants in Delhi’s Shastri Park area.

The West Bengal government will pay a compensation of 2 lakh to the family members of three persons who were killed in a fire incident in New Delhi, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said Saturday.

West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee (File Photo)
West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee (File Photo)

These three persons hailed from West Bengal. Banerjee extended her condolences to the bereaved family members. "In an extremely tragic fire incident in Delhi, we lost 3 precious lives from Malda & 1 from Uttar Dinajpur. I offer my heartfelt condolences to the bereaved families. Along with a compensation of 2 lakh, all kinds of support will be extended to the families of the victims," Banerjee tweeted.

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They died when the fire broke out in a house where they lived as tenants in Delhi’s Shastri Park area.

Condoling the deaths, Leader of the Opposition in West Bengal Assembly Suvendu Adhikari of the BJP said in a tweet: “Couple of them were working as rickshaw pullers in Delhi as there's a scarcity of means to earn livelihood in WB.”

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